North Yorkshire Pc sacked for 'gross misconduct'
North Yorkshire PC Simon Ryan went on patrol wearing a woolly hat with the slogan 'I love weed'. His sacking followed a disciplinary hearing at North Yorkshire Police Headquarters.
Police officer who wore 'I love weed' hat set to learn his fate after gross misconduct ruling
A North Yorkshire police officer who wore an "I love weed" woolly hat on duty and scribbled "puerile" abuse on a CV during a probe into an allegation of child abuse is set to learn his fate following a disciplinary hearing.
A panel ruled Pc Simon Ryan of North Yorkshire Police was guilty of gross misconduct after he wrote "paedo" and "paedophile" on the document to amuse colleagues.
The hearing at the police headquarters is the first disciplinary the force has held where the public and press are allowed to attend.
Pc Ryan was due back before the panel on Tuesday to hear the outcome. He could be sacked from the force.
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